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B3U1
Developing ideas
fable n.
a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters 寓言
Schopenhauer 叔本华 :
A German philosopher, often called
the “philosopher of pessimism ” .
（悲观主义哲学）
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quill
porcupine
sociable / s b l/ adj. friendly and enjoy talking to other people
Writing an essay
How do you write an essay
Make notes based on the passage in Activity 5 with your own opinions.
Show your essay to us
Evaluation
From what aspect can we evaluate the essay
structure
example
conclusion
…
Structure:
This fable describes…
The fable teaches us that...
One example of this from real life is...
In conclusion, ...
Example:
Never stray from the viewpoint.
Share the real story with the readers.
Conclusion:
Never simply repeat the viewpoint in the conclusion part.
Introduction
Original author: Schopenhauer
Summary of the fable: The fable is about a group of porcupines gathering together to keep warm. If they get too close, their quills hurt eachother, while if they move apart they feel cold. After trying several times, they find the ideal distance. The fable tells us that there should be boundaries in interpersonal relationships.
Main body
Viewpoint: We need boundaries with our friends.
Supporting examples in your real life:
Conclusion
We have to find the proper distance between us and our friends, close enough to understand each other, far enough to respect each other.
Useful expressions
This fable describes…
The fable teaches us that...
One example of this from real life is...
In conclusion, ...
Ma Jing is the first friend I made at senior high. At first, I thought since we were friends, she had to share the same ideas as mine. So I always followed her, wanted to know her opinion on everything and tried to persuade her when she had a different idea. Soon, we started quarrelling. “You’re so annoying!” she shouted angrily after a quarrel. How could I become annoying I felt hurt and discussed it with another friend. Then I realised it was my problem. I had been getting too close to her and leaving her no room for herself. Since then, I stopped following her so much and I found our friendship repaired.
The Porcupine Dilemma is written by Germanphilosopher Schopenhauer. The fable describes a group of porcupines gathering together to keep warm. If they get too close, their quills hurt eachother, while if they move apart they feel cold. After trying several times, they find the ideal distance.
The fable teaches us that there should be boundaries in interpersonal relationships. Though it is an old fable, it casts light on us even today. We all value friendship, but have you considered that we need boundaries with our friends
Write an essay. Use the expressions in the box to help you.
One example from real life is like this. Once I thought friends should get close to each other, the closer the better. Ma Jing is the first friend I made at senior high. At first, I thought since wewere friends, she had to share the same ideas as mine. So I always followed her, wanted to know her opinion on everything and tried to persuadeher when she had a different idea. Soon, westarted quarrelling. “You’re so annoying!” she shouted angrily after a quarrel. How could I become annoying I felt hurt and discussed it with another friend. Then I realised it was my problem. I had been getting too close to her and leaving her no room for herself. Since then, I stopped following her so much and I found our friendship repaired. Now I have realised thatfriends need to have boundaries and respect each other, no matter how close we are.
In conclusion, in order to make our friendship last long, we have to find the proper distance between us and our friends, close enough to understand each other, far enough to respect each other.
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dilemma /di’lem / n.
a situation which makes problems, often one in which you have to make a difficult choice between things of equal importance
（进退两难的）窘境，困境
聚集在一起
gather together
理想距离
ideal distance
设法不互相伤害
manage not to hurt each other
面临左右为难的困境
to face a dilemma
处于进退两难的困境
to be in a dilemma
他面临着是否选生物的艰难选择。
He was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to choose biology.

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